Wednesday, December 3, 2014

ACEO - Red Zinnia Sunlight - sold!

Zinnias are one of my summer garden favorites! They are so bright and sturdy! We've planted them in tall and short varieties....never met one I didn't like!!

For those of you not familiar with the
acronym ACEO, it stands for Art Cards Editions and Originals. The
miniature paintings are the size of a baseball trading card, 2 1/2
inches by 3 1/2 inches. This category of art has become increasingly
popular on eBay the last couple of years. These can be displayed on their own, or
with a tiny little easel (like the kind you can find in Michaels Arts
& Crafts type stores) on a display shelf, or these beautiful gems
can be elegantly matted and framed with perhaps a mat of 4 inches wide.

So,
each year I have time to make just a few of these...and there's never
any leftover. Here's your chance to join in on the fun and have one of
these dear little mini's. If you've just GOT to have it, and you can
get to it before the first bid is placed, you may buy it out-right (and
avoid the whole bidding process) at the buy it now price. AND, my
Christmas gift to you, FREE shipping!

About Me

Home schooling my daughters encouraged me to renew my childhood love of art. "Mom, teach us to draw" became the motivation to rededicate myself to drawing and painting. As a Navy wife for over twenty-five years, I have been able to live in some of the most beautiful towns on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as well as travel to Hawaii, Singapore, Italy, France, England and Ireland. I've pursued my formal art education along the way at Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, CT; The Art League School in Alexandria, VA; and Watts Atelier in Encinitas, CA.

I find the textural quality of paint an exciting element of painting as much as design, composition, and color. Evoking an emotional response to a 'sense of place' is a great thrill for me. I use palette knife by itself or in a combination with a variety of brushes to reach my desired aim in my paintings.

What do I love in a painting? One that is compositionally strong - that will draw me in from across the room....rewarding me when I am close up to it with an interesting finish; a wow-factor of that last wonderful detail. Done, but not "done to death".